The Portland daily press., 1887-08-01
EDITOR OF THE CENTURY.
Richard Watson elders Career In
the Literary World.

Personally Mr.. Glider Is much sought In
society for his culture and common-sense.
his home is a centre for the true aristocracy
Of brain. 1t is restful, artistic and indI-
vidual home, charming for its pictures and
books, but more charming still for Its helpful
wife, an artist and a woman Of superior abil-
ity. and his three beautiful children. Rod
man, Dorothea and George. She Is the
daughter Of Commodore DeKay, and grand
daughter Of Joseph Rodman Drake, whose
early death, at %, stilled the genius OF the
"Culprit Fay" Richard Watson Glider has
made his own fame and success. Energy,
wili-power, ability, standard before him
nothing less than perfection, all these have
helped TO make him wh2. he is. The
son OF Rev. w. III. Glider. Methodist eler-
gyman, he was born February 8, 1874. at Bor-
dentown, New Jersey, one Of the family Of
eight css,.IIdren, five sons and three daughters.
most Of whom seem TO have inherited their
fathers journalistic tastes. Rev. Mr.. Glider
wrote much for the PRESS and at one time
owned monthly journal Iff-Philadelpnia.
Rschard Watson began early hfs-hIeIary
work. When he was only II years OF age no,
published newspaper at Flushing, Long
Island, setting the type, indeed doing all the
work himself The little foot-square sheet
was euphOniously called the St.Thomas Reg
ster, and was undoubtedly most interesting
to its proprietor. Four years later he again
embarked In a newspaper enterprise. this
time joining with two young friends In the
production Of a campaign paper advocating
Relf and Everett for Presidential hOnOrs. A
how thus terested In affairs OF state could
not remain inactive during our civil war,
and, though still in ms teens, he enlisted In
the First Philadelphia s.lneLy, ss sefving ,al!<
when Lee invaded Pennsylvania. elaLies
&. Leland, Hans Breitmann," was also
private In the same company. The father,
who served as chaplain for a New York
regiment during the war, died In the spring
OF 1864 from smallpox contracted In heroieal-
ly nursing some soldiers In the Army Of the
Potomac. This changed the life-plan Of
young Glider, who had begun the study Of
law in Philadelphia. Money must be earned,
and fame must be won In self-tilled fields, so
commonly the heritage Of noted Americans.
What could the minister'sIson do to earn his
living? Anything that was honorable; for
he was not above labor; no manly soul Is
above IL. The first position open TO him was
Amboy Railroad. A year later he became a
reporter on the Newark Advertiser and soon
made his way to the place OF legislative cor
respondent, local editor and finally manag-
ing editor.
to Newark eighteen years ago." said gentle
man Of the press. He was boyish-lo0king
fellow, full Of his pranks, but fun also Of am
bition and readiness for work. He began as
a routine reporter, but he soon pushed his
way into higher lines Of work, and IL amuses
me to recall how the old-fashloned proprietor
Of the paper, who could hardly believe that a
fun-loying youngster Of a little over 20 was
capable of writing an editorial, would shake
his head when he found some Of the boys
work on that page OF the paper"
But Glider, not forgetting the boyish ambi-
conjunction with Mr.. Newton Crane, since
then our Consul at Manchester, England,
started a bright daily, called the Newark
Morning Register, and soon became editor
also of Hours at Home, a monthly published
In New York. Life was now full TO to over
flowing with labor. Glider would work all
night ON his paper, snatch few hours Of
sleep and then 20 to New York for his other
editorial work
When Scribner's Magazine was started,
Hours at Home was purchased by the Scrib-
ners. II was natural that DIR. Holland should
know who had made the latter Journal able
and interesting. and Glider became his asso-
elate, the managing editor Of the new maya
zine. Ii Is easy 10 say that fortuitOus cir
cumstanees brought about this relationship,
but brains and will-power make US ready to
MI large places when "fortuitous eircua-
stances" open them Gus.
AT 26 Richard Watson Glider found him
self In this position OF influence. He con
tributed TO the new magazine, among other
things, The Old Cabinet" which all Of as
remember with his fresh thoughts, timely
suggestions, and open reviews.
Through eleven years Mr.. Glider saw the
magazine grow TO enormous proportions. and
when DIR. Holland died. In 1881, who could
so well match the consumate business man
agement of Mr.. Roswell Smith as the young
and brilliant managing editor, who now be-
came editor-in-chief? Mr.. II. u. johnson,
the associate editor and poet as we'll. has
been also a most lpful factor In the success
Of the magazine.